MARN gets a bricks-and-mortar home

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The Milwaukee Artist Resource Network, an advocacy group for the area's creative class, will have a home of its own for the first time in its decade-long history.

The group will move into its new space at 5402 W. Vliet St. in early October and hold a grand opening celebration early in 2011. The space will serve as a resource for artists and include space for exhibitions, screenings, performances and MARN's many workshops. It will also have a computer lab with several work stations, a matting and framing area and a place for visual artists to shoot professional, high quality images of their work.

The location on the west side was chosen because there are already several supportive arts organization on the eastern end of the city, including RedLine, Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Bucketworks and others. It's also a central location for the greater Milwaukee area, the group's officials say. »Read Full Blog Post

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Since its inception, MARN has always been such a valuable resource for the local arts community and beyond. While it's so nice to see that it has flourished and found a space to call home, there is never a better time than now to keep supporting it.

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